"We get in a position to win where the game comes down to one big play and we're not making it," Tribe freshman Thomas Roberts said. "We have to make that one big play."

The Tribe (4-13, 0-6)had four shots at a victory in the final 11 seconds and missed them all, after UNCW's Major Wiggins hit both ends of a one-and-one for the game's final points.

William and Mary guard Curtis Pride took the inbounds pass under his own basket, sped upcourt and penetrated to about eight feet before putting up a quick shot. But the 6-foot-7 Wiggins was waiting and blocked the ball out of bounds with four seconds remaining.

"I was trying to penetrate and make things happen," Pride said. "I thought I could get the shot off, but he jumped quick. I wasn't expecting him to block the shot."

Said Wiggins: "We kind of felt they would get it to Pride and have him get it upcourt real quick. I'm a pretty good shot-blocker and I just waited for him to leave the ground."

After a UNC-Wilmington (5-11, 1-5) timeout to set the defense, W&M's Todd Cauthorn inbounded the ball from the baseline, to the right of the basket. Jimmy Apple, the Tribe's best perimeter shooter, came around a screen set by Scott Smith and had an open 17-foot jump shot from the right wing on the inbounds pass.

Apple's shot was off, the ball caromed into the lane, and both Smith and Cauthorn each had lunging tip attempts that wouldn't fall.